Because today would have been Richard Milhous Nixon's 94th birthday, I've decided to roll out something I was not prepared to roll out: TheNewDick.org. It's my new website/blog that strives to present all the ways the 37th president of the United States, despite being very dead, still manages to inspire, enliven and invade popular culture. TheNewDick.org is inspired, enlivened and invaded by TheNewNixon.org blog, brought to you by the Richard Nixon Foundation
Am I the only one who thought, upon first hearing that there'd be a ping-pong tournament at South Coast Plaza this weekend as part of the mega-mall's "festival celebrating Chinese culture," that the whole thing sounded a little... racist?I mean, you (a racist) would expect those people to play games with funny sounding names like "Ping Pong," wouldn't you? Whoops. Turns out ping pong is called ping pong because that's how English people thought the bouncing balls sounded. At least, that's wha
